Comments on: On not seizing the day

By: Bryan Waterman

Bryan Waterman — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:16:59 +0000

someone apparently failed to seize thursday.

By: farrell

farrell — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 05:14:12 +0000

“Too scary. Too taxing. Too hot. Too wet.”

This, from the semi-pro skater who can do 360 kick flips while olleying (sp?) off of 5 ft parking lots? And the snow boarder who will spend 2-3 days in a row tricking down a mountain and once ended up in an ER getting full body CTs for crazy baddass snowboarding daredevil shit. You, my friend, know carpe diem. Old school version. You can’t fool us with your pomo cat naps and netflix. This should be titled “How to seize the day when you have a 401k and you’re in your late 30s?” Or something like that. Anyway, I love this post all the same. I’m with you completely. that whole “suck the marrow out of life” stuff. That sounds like eating good food and napping afterwords. ah yes, the napping. another glass of chard please.

By: Beth W

Beth W — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:48:34 +0000

I read this kind of new-agey book for a yoga class called the Power of Now. It’s about being present. My favorite part was when it said that it’s ok to sit on the couch and do nothing as long as you make it an active choice and don’t beat yourself up about it.

On Monday I saw Jeremy’s almost twin. (I’m pretty sure it wasn’t Jeremy but if it was you I apologize for giving you multiple confused, squinty looks and not saying hi.) Jeremy’s almost twin had a rather large ear piercing. Was he seizing the day when he got that done to his head?

By: ssw

ssw — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:05:19 +0000

I think of seizing the day as a metaphor about going for something you want out of your life, because you can. It has a bit of connotation of overcoming something(facing anxiety? fear? past failure?) and may be more akin to trying something you’ve never done before or picking up what you may have left behind, or risking.
I think many people want to hope that greater things are in store for them, or that they’re capable of more than what they’ve been able to achieve to-date, or that better things are possible in their life. In a lot of cases, all it may take is the effort, the acting. Seize the day definitely has a here-and-now quality to it. So many of us live with our loss, suffering, faults, debilitating pasts, you name it…there’s something transcendent about dreaming of, going for, and achieving things that we didn’t necessarily trust would possible but that we want, and might even get, if we tried.

By: PB

PB — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 23:41:15 +0000

I think it means something about no regrets but I know nothing of this personally.
I am in the nap camp.
This post made me laugh outloud . . . unitl I read the comments, especially # 1 and 2.
Now I am gasping on the floor. To write thoughtful funny is great–to inspire thoughtful funny is genius.